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Quantities, Symbols, Units and Abbreviations in the Life Sciences
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Description for Quantities, Symbols, Units and Abbreviations in the Life Sciences
Hardback. A compilation of the recommendations for using units, symbols, abbreviations, and acronyms in scientific publications across the biological sciences. This book defines the compiled symbols, units, and abbreviations and also provides a commentary and some etymological background. Num Pages: 130 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDC; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 393.
Quantities, Symbols, Units, and Abbreviations in the Life Sciences is a reliable compilation of the most up-to-date recommendations for using units, symbols, abbreviations, and acronyms in scientific publications across the biological sciences. Drawing on the authority of the various nomenclature committees of the many international societies in the biosciences, as well as on the editors of prestigious scientific journals, and on eminent individuals active in scientific publishing, this essential reference provides authors and editors with easy access to the authoritative usage of the universally accepted terms they need for clear scientific communication. The compiled symbols, units, and abbreviations are defined, ... Read more
Quantities, Symbols, Units, and Abbreviations in the Life Sciences is a reliable compilation of the most up-to-date recommendations for using units, symbols, abbreviations, and acronyms in scientific publications across the biological sciences. Drawing on the authority of the various nomenclature committees of the many international societies in the biosciences, as well as on the editors of prestigious scientific journals, and on eminent individuals active in scientific publishing, this essential reference provides authors and editors with easy access to the authoritative usage of the universally accepted terms they need for clear scientific communication. The compiled symbols, units, and abbreviations are defined, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
Number of Pages
130
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9780896036161
SKU
V9780896036161
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99-15
Reviews for Quantities, Symbols, Units and Abbreviations in the Life Sciences
"...a must for editors, and a very useful one for everybody from cell biologists to psychologists in the life sciences. A copy should certainly be in most libraries, and readily available wherever papers, theses, reports and abstracts are being written."-Cell Biology International "...This book is an essential resource for authors and editors of biological literature and should ... Read more